In the mid 1970’s there was a shortage of high quality boxcars in the nation’s rolling stock fleet. The Trailer Train Corporation, which was jointly owned by quite a few railroads, attempted t... (more)

An NP 50 ft. plug door box car still shows off its heritage in Warden, WA where it is now used as a storage shed adjacent to the Columbia Basin Railway.

Illinois Central 1937 Box Car #41390

Color photograph from my collection -captured here in a pan, a 1937 steel box car built for the Illinois Central Railroad - the Main Line of Mid-Ameri... (more)

Wabash 1941 Box Car #82697

Here's an old photo from way back in 2014 featuring an old 1941 built Wabash box car within a consist moving eastbound on the Illinois Central line. This once ... (more)

Swift Refrigerator Line Reefer

The Monticello Railway Museum has a huge collection of not only steam and diesel engines, but passenger cars, MOW cars and a rather impressive collection o... (more)

Every now and then you can find a special paint scheme in the rail yards, such as this UP veteran box car which still carries the 1960's slogan Automated Railway. Although a bit faded, it is amaz... (more)

a very well preserved Lake Erie Franklin & Clarion Railroad Company logo is still riding the rail after all these years.

Although not hauling freight, this veteran box car still helps the Great Western Railway with advertising along Interstate 25 in Colorado.

Box car D&RGW 64014 still serves a purpose, but it will never see rail action again.

Soo Line's "Colormark" cars certainly lived up to the name! These colorful white, red and black cars were easy to spot among a train of dull brown freight cars. Built in May 1972, SOO 18496 was ... (more)

Fifteen years and seven months after it was built, and nine after the railroad was merged out of existence, Great Northern plug door box car 36888 still proudly wears its "Rocky" logo. Spotted on... (more)

This box car still wears its original Chessie System paint after years of service on the rails.

The former Central of Georgia Railway depot located on Southern Railway's Union Springs - Andalusia, Alabama branch. A classic house track with freight platform in foreground, 40 foot C&NW box ju... (more)

The conductor rides the shove move an a CN westbound makes a lift from the yard at Aldershot.

Tucked away in the Horizon Milling plant in Saginaw TX is a Denver & Rio Grande Boxcar wearing, for some reason, Cargill green. And this point isn’t new, as evidenced by the bright green behind... (more)